Chief Physician

We are seeking a Chief Physician at Malmi Health Center to lead and develop operations together with the other Chief Physician and two ward managers. The center serves about 40,000 residents. In addition to Chief Physicians, there are 28 physicians in the medical staff, offering an excellent opportunity to influence a large, multidisciplinary work community, employee leadership, and the quality and accessibility of care. The positions are well staffed at Malmi Health Center. As Chief Physician you will play a central role in leading daily operations, developing activities, and supporting staff as part of an experienced management team. The supervisory responsibilities of physicians are shared between two Chief Physicians. The health center teams include physicians, nurses, a physiotherapist, and mental health and substance abuse nurse. You will work with your teams in close collaboration with social services, psychiatry, addiction services, and rehabilitation in a networked north Helsinki health and well-being center. Cooperation with the other facilities at Koillislahti health centers (Jakomäen, Suutarilan and Puistolan health centers) is close and functional. Welcome to our team! In addition to an interesting and varied workload, we offer extensive training and development opportunities. As city employees you can apply for rental housing from Auroranlinna, whose apartments are more affordable than market rate and housing applications from our employees are prioritized. Since life is not all work, we also take care of work-life balance. You will have access to the Epassi Flex package including exercise, culture, commuting, and well-being benefits. The balance can be up to 550 euros per calendar year. The available balance depends on the length of your employment. You will also have a lunch benefit. You will also have a city bicycle as a staff benefit and you may visit the city employees’ own recreation island if you wish. Eligibility: A legally licensed physician in Finland with the right to specialize in a relevant specialty and sufficient experience in administration and leadership tasks in the field. Language requirement: excellent Finnish and acceptable written and spoken Swedish. The successful candidate must provide a health care worker assessment of their ability to perform the duties of the position. The role requires vaccination protection under section 48 and tuberculosis assessment under section 55 of the Communicable Diseases Act. Under the law on background checks for those working with children (504/2002), a person selected for the position who will work in school and student health services must provide an approved criminal record extract before assuming the post. We value experience in development and supervision/training physician rights, as well as previous work at Helsinki City health centers.